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Poak vs Pock - What's the difference?

poak | pock |

As nouns the difference between poak and pock

is that poak is waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc while pock is a pus filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.

As a verb pock is

to scar or mark with pits.

poak

English

Alternative forms

* poake

Noun

(-)
  • waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc.
  • (Webster 1913)

    pock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pus filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
  • Any pit, especially one formed as a scar
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To scar or mark with pits
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  • , passage=Just next door, at Al Azhar University, a rocket mangled the protective metal bars as it crashed through the windows of the president’s office this month, destroying his desk and pocking his walls with shrapnel. }}